Everyone knew Tom couldn't carry a tune in a bucket, yet he auditioned for the choir anyway.

During the workshop, the presenter pointed out that turn on, tune in, drop out are alternative forms of the more formal expressions used in media studies.

When the company decided the city's new park would be sponsored by a private donor, the council realized who pays the piper calls the tune.

When the charity gala's sponsors couldn't agree on the playlist, the organizer shrugged and said he who pays the piper calls the tune, so the sponsors picked the band.